anterior fontanelle
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Anterior fontanelle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = f. anterior GraySubject = 47 GrayPage = 196 Caption = Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli. Caption2 = Human anterior fontanelle 1 month System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
anterior fontanelle — noun corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified • Hypernyms: ↑fontanelle, ↑fontanel, ↑soft spot … Useful english dictionary
anterior fontanel — or anterior fontanelle n the fontanel occurring at the meeting point of the coronal and sagittal sutures … Medical dictionary
Fontanelle — A fontanelle (or fontanel) is an anatomical feature on an infant s skull. Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby s head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child s head to pass through the birth canal. The … Wikipedia
fontanelle — One of several membranous intervals at the margins of the cranial bones in the infant. See cranial fontanelles. SYN: fonticulus. [Fr. dim. of fontaine, fountain, spring] anterior f. [NA] a diamond shaped membranous interval at the junction of the … Medical dictionary
fontanelle — n. an opening in the skull of a fetus or young infant due to incomplete ossification of the cranial bones and the resulting incomplete closure of the sutures. The anterior fontanelle occurs where the coronal, frontal, and sagittal sutures meet;… … The new mediacal dictionary
Fontanelle — Der Begriff Fontanelle stammt aus der altfranzösischen Sprache und bedeutete dort „kleine Quelle“. Vorwiegend wird Fontanelle heute als medizinisch anatomischer Begriff gebraucht. Fontanelle bezeichnet dabei den noch nicht durch knöcherne oder… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fonticulus anterior — [TA] anterior fontanelle: the unossified area of the skull situated at the junction of the frontal, coronal, and sagittal sutures; called also f. frontalis [major] and frontal fontanelle … Medical dictionary
sphenoid fontanelle — noun the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have… … Useful english dictionary
sphenoidal fontanelle — noun the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have… … Useful english dictionary
